Less Than a Week Until Sydney International 3DE!

 

Sydney International Three Day Event will take over SIEC next week on 8 - 11 September - make sure you don't miss out! Following are details on everything you need to know about attending this fantastic event. 

What’s On - TIMETABLE(times are subject to change)

• Wed 7 Sep - Trot up from 2-4pm;
• Thurs 8 Sep - CCI 1* Dressage 8:30-12:30pm & CCI 2*Dressage 1:30-3:30pm; Welcome Reception 7.00pm
• Fri 9 Sep - CCI 3* Dressage 1:30-3:30pm; CCN PN Dressage 11-4:30pm; Telstra Australian Young Event Horse Championships 8:30-1:30pm & Finals 4pm;  Video Night and Sausage sizzle 7.00pm
• Sat 10 Sep - Hosted Cross Course Walk 10am; Cross Country 10:30-4pm; Paella and Tango Night from 7.00pm
• Sun 10 Sep - Final horse inspection 6.30 - 8.00am; Show jumping 8:30-4:30pm; Dog Agility fundraising competition from 9-3:30pm

 

Trade Village  - Open from 10am Thursday

Antares Australia * Equine Chia * Equine Performance * Equiscape Photography * Equissage Therapy * Equissentials Europa * Fodder Solutions and Anivac * Ford Foods * Haygain* Horseland Terrey Hills * Horsewerks Horze Australia* Kaz Jodz* Kiah Equine * Perform Air  * Ranvet * The Horse Stall * Top 2 Tail Equestrian * Telstra

 

Tickets - Available Online

• General Admission- Thursday 8th Sept - FREE;  Friday 9th Sept - Adults 16 years & over $10, Under 16 years & pensioners FREE; Saturday 10th Sept - Adults 16 years & over $15, Under 16 years & pensioners FREE; Sunday 11th Sept - Adults 16 years & over $15, Under 16 years & pensioners FREE
• Jump Inn Cafe- The cafe is located along the main arena and at the water jump. Includes entry, VIP parking, gourmet lunch and drinks, morning and afternoon tea. Friday $100; Saturday $125; Sunday $125; Event Package $300.

 

Group Packages for Schools, Pony Clubs and Adult Riding Clubs - Available Online

• Friday ($25 per head)- Walk the cross country with an elite rider; Tour the stables and hear all about what it takes to care for top eventing horses with top international groom Amy McGregor; Watch the Australian Young Event Horse Championships and the CCI3* Dressage from a special area set aside for premier viewing; Parking, Lunch and signed souvenir event program included.
• Saturday ($25 per head)- Walk the cross country with former Australian Eventing Coach, Wayne Roycroft; Tour the stables and the finish box for a glimpse of how Australia’s elite horses are cared for as they finish the grueling cross country phase; Watch the action in the CCI2* and CCI3* from a prime viewing position at the water jump; Lunch and signed souvenir Event program included.

 

How to Get There

• SIEC is on Saxony Rd at Horsley Park, just 40 mins from the centre of Sydney via the M2 and M7.
• Free Parking

 

Eventing Explained

The Olympic sport of Eventing (also known as Horse Trials) is the equestrian triathlon where the three phases of dressage, cross country and show jumping are completed by the same horse/rider combination. This is a true test of fitness and horse management. Eventing is the equestrian discipline at which Australia has excelled with numerous Olympic Medals including gold ten years ago at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. It is also one of the few sports where men and women compete on equal terms and the genuine amateur can compete against an Olympic Champion.

• Dressage is the first test which comprises a set sequence of compulsory movements in an arena 20m wide and 60m long. At the highest level the test is judged by three international judges who are looking for balance, rhythm, suppleness and most importantly, obedience of the horse and its' harmony with the rider.
• Cross Countryconsists of the challenge of more than 35 natural obstacles over approximately 4km that has to be jumped inside an optimum time. This phase is filled with thrills and spills.
• Show Jumpingis the final phase of the competition consisting of one round of jumping with a maximum time allowed. The objective is to jump all the fences clear inside the time.

Event Statistics

• 8 Classes scheduled for 2011 - Harbour IT CCI3*, Tarraleah Park CCI2*, Equitek Excel CCI1*, Over the Top Equipment CCN Pre Novice, Telstra Australian Young Event Horse Championships - Including Racenet Bloodstock Junior Prizes.
• Sponsors for 2011 - ASC, NSW Sport & Rec, SIEC, Equestrian Australia, Equestrian NSW, Eventing NSW, NSWIS, Clubs NSW, Telstra, Virgin Australia, Sydney City Toyota, Harbour It, Tarraleah Park, Over the Top Equipment, Racenet Bloodstock, Equitak Excel, Horsezone.com.au, Agnes Banks Equine Clinic, Horseland, IRT, Giddi Up, Motorola, Mandavilla Catering, Mount Benson Vineyard, Prydes EasiFeed, ABS Bloodstock, The Lenton Family, Green Option, Musto, Main Event Photography, You Tarzan, Communica, Horse Deals, The Horse Magazine, Deloitte.

·  Number of entries as of 31 August 2011 - 122 (including 15 CCI3* competitors & 29 Telstra Young Event Horse Championship competitors).

·  Riders are from Australia (ACT – 0, WA - 5, SA - 2, VIC - 9, NSW - 92, QLD - 12, TAS - 2),  New Zealand - 2;  Finland - 1, USA - 1, Japan - 1.

·  46 ex-racehorses are competing at the Sydney 3DE - Harbour IT CCI3*- 7 ex-racehorses, Tarraleah Park CCI2* - 8 ex-racehorses, Equitek Excel CCI1*- 9 ex-racehorses, Over the Top Equipment CCN Pre Novice - 10 ex-racehorses, Telstra Australian Young Event Horse 7 Year Old Championships - 1 ex-racehorse; 6 Year Old Championships - 8 ex-racehorses, 5 Year Old Championships - 3 ex-racehorses.

·  Total career race winnings of ex-racehorses competing $520,595.

 

 

 

Class	Rider	Horse	Racing History	Prize
Harbour IT CCI 3*	Keira Byrnes	FOX HILL	"Trust No One" 65 10-8-11 $112 265	$112,265
Over The Top Equipment CCN PreNovice	Lauren Lim	BURDEKIN LAD	"Burdekin Lad" 1994 41 5-6-5 $80 755	$80,755
Tarraleah Park CCI 2*	Isabel English	CIL DARA GEORGE	"Gait" Aus 2003 7 runs 1-0-0 $66 200	$66,200
Over The Top Equipment CCN PreNovice	Clancy Douglass	ASSUME THE CROWN	"Assume the Crown" 49 5-4-5	$52,445
Over The Top Equipment CCN PreNovice	Jessamy Walsh	BETTER ON SUNDAY	"Sunday's Dreams" 32 2-2-6 $36 440	$36,440
Champion 6YO Young Event Horse	Rachel Watts	DUNCAN	"Bureacratic" 11 4-0-1 $36, 100	$36,100
Over The Top Equipment CCN PreNovice	Alice Hirst	BANDMAN	"Bandman" 45 2-8-5 $27 455	$27,455
"Equitak" Excel CCI 1*	Eleanor Osborne	AIM HIGH	"Nicolo Sequalo" 14 2-2-0	$25,600
"Equitak" Excel CCI 1*	Jessica Cocks	REGAL ROYALE	"Esemes" 41  2-6-1 $22055	$22,055
Harbour IT CCI 3*	Shay Smith	HITMONCHAN	"Hitmonchan" 15  2-1-1- $15, 250	$15,250
Harbour IT CCI 3*	Dominic Ingvall	KITARA DIAMOND EDITION	"Condo" 25 - 3-3-3 $11,860	$11,860
"Equitak" Excel CCI 1*	Emily Dockray	UNDER CONTRACT	"Panasonic Boy"17 -0-4-0	$8,150
Over The Top Equipment CCN PreNovice	Angela Cohen	JAZZANOVA	"Bo Cossack" 3 1-1-0 $7 650	$7,650
Tarraleah Park CCI 2*	Bella Mowbray	STAR VISION	"Shepherd's Star" 23-1-5-4 $7 200	$7,000
Harbour IT CCI 3*	Victoria Luxford	PERFECT ENCOUNTER	"Stressed Out" 16 1-1-0 $5280	$5,280
Over The Top Equipment CCN PreNovice	Lauren Balcomb	DOUBLE DARE	"King Clip" 16 0-1-1- $3 250	$3,250
"Equitak" Excel CCI 1*	Hayley Frielick	MY HAPPINESS	"Happy Freedom" 7 0-1-0 $1 890	$1,890
"Equitak" Excel CCI 1*	Jeremy Ayton	BIBILAH	"Biblah" 7 0-1-0 $700	$700
Tarraleah Park CCI 2*	Kirby Delamont	BADGERBAY	"Mighty Rein" 9 0-0-0 $250	$250
				$520,595

 

 

• 2010 Winner CCI*** Heath Ryan & Mystery Whisper - From NSW, Heath (who also won this event in 2008 with Mystery Whisper) is a Multi-discipline Australian representative first representing Australia at the World Equestrian Games in Sweden in 1990. Since then he has represented Australia at World Equestrian Games, World Cup and Olympic Games competitions. In 2008 Heath was a member of the Australian Dressage Team for the Beijing Olympic Games. Heath has been the Assistant Coach for the Australian Olympic Eventing team three times, 1996 at the Atlanta Olympics where Australia won Gold, 2000 at the Sydney Olympics where Australia again won Gold and then at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Heath has been the Australian Three Day Event Champion three times and was the 2010 Australian Grand Prix Dressage Champion. Heath is attending the State Dressage Titles in Tamworth the same weekend chasing an Olympic qualifying score in the Dressage Discipline. 
• 2009 Winner CCI***  Wendy Schaeffer & Koyuna Sun Storm  - From South Australia, Wendy was the youngest women to win Equestrian gold at an Olympic Games with team gold at 1996 Atlanta Games. Just nine weeks prior to the 1996 Olympics, she suffered from two broken bones in her leg which were pinned for the competition. With a sense of déjà vu Schaeffer missed out on the Sydney round of 2009 HSBC World Cup with a broken leg. She returned to form with victory at the 2009 Sydney 3DE. Wendy is currently in Europe seeking Olympic qualification on her Show Jumping horse Koyuna Sun Set.

Quick Link

• vist the Sydney International 3DE website.